Pocket cash-register



(No Model.)

J. F. GOODRIDGE. POCKET GASHREGISTBR.

No. 575,476. Patented Jan. 19, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. GOODRIDGE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO CHARLES J.ROLFE, OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

POCKET CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,476, dated January19, 1897'.

Application filed December 1S, 1895. Serial No. 571,990. (No modell) T0all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. GOODRIDGE, of Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in PocketCash-Registers, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved cash-registerespecially adapted for pocket use.

A distinctive feature of my invention lies in providing independentactuators for the cents and dollars wheels or indicating devices, tothereby enable the operator to register one or more dollars withoutrequiring him to actuate the cents-wheel or indicating device a numberof times for each dollar to be registered. Suitable devices are,however, employed by which a suiiicient number of successive movementsof the cents wheel or device will automaticallyT move the dollars wheelor device to indicate the registration of one dollar in amount.

My invention also comprehends the use of a rotatable manually-operatedactuating device, preferably arranged like the windingstem of a watch,and which by continuous operation is capable of moving the indicatingwheel or wheels or devices within the inclosing case to indicate anydesired amount of registration as distinguished from the reciprocating.

The above, together with other features of my invention, will behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure l, in face view, shows a pocket cash-registercontaining my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same,partially broken away, the section being taken on the irregularsection-line Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the dotted line:0' 0c', Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on the dottedline y y, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail, to be referred to.

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustrationherein and shown in the drawings, A is a suitable inclosing case,preferably circular in contour and made as nearly as possible to conformboth in size and style to the ordinary watch, in order that it may beconveniently carried in the pocket of the user. This case A is providedat one side with a large view-opening, beneath which is arranged asuitable glass a, as with a watch. lVithin this case I have arranged asuitable frame piece or plate b, (shown best in Figs. 3 and 4,) providedat its center with a pin or stud b', on which is loosely journaled thesleeve c of the dollar-registering wheel c'. Upon the sleeve c of thedollar-wheel I have loosely journaled the sleeve d of thecentsregistering wheel d, the two wheels having rotative movementsindependent of each other and on the stud ZJ/l In the present embodimentof my invention the cents-registering wheel CZ/ is toothed at itsperiphery, like the ordinary tooth or gear wheel, and is engaged or inmesh with a suitable crown-pinion c, fast on the spindle c', projectingoutwardly through and at the edge of the inclosing case and through thestem a', common to stem-winding watches, said spindle at its outer endbeing provided with a suitablewinding actuator or crown e2.

` If desired, the usual ring e3 may be provided to enable the registerto be carried in the vest-pocket like the watch, and, if dcsired,attached to the watch-chain, whereby it is conveniently accessible foruse.

Cooperating with the teeth of the registerin g-wheel d' I have provideda back-stop pawl d2, (see Fig. 2,) pivoted at d3 and provided with abeveled end, in order that rotation of the wheel for registration may behad at will, when said pawl, by springing between successive adjacentteeth of the said wheel, serves, by means of its click over the teeth,as an indicator to enable the operator to determine at all times thenumber of teeth through which the wheel has been rotated by theactuator. In such case the number of teeth on the wheel CZ' willpreferably be one hundred, the wheel being designed for rotation for adistance equivalent to one tooth for each cent to be registered. Aspring d3 is IOO di', (shown best in Figs. -l and 5 and in dotted lines,Fig. 2, which, just prior to the completion ol each full rotation ot'the said wheel d, engages the depending tail of the pawlcarrierf',pivoted at fx and at its upper end carrying the pawl f in engagementwith the ratchet-teeth, provided upon and at the periphery ot' thedollars-registering wheel cl. (See Figs. 2 and A spring f2 on the ear ZPtends to press the pawl into normal engagement with the teeth. of theregisteringwheel c', and a spring f3, also on said overhanging ear, actson the carrier f and holds the same normally in its rearmost position.Iy this connecting device or mechanism the registering-wheel c is moveda distance sul'- lcient to indicate the registration ot one dollar atthe end ot' each complete rotation ol. the cents-registering wheel d'. Ihave, however, also provided said dollar-registering wheel c' with anactuator of its own, by which the said wheel may be moved independentol" the cents-wheel, il' desired. Referring to Fig. 2, the saidindependent or dollar actuator is shown as an arm 7L, fulcrumed upon thestud b' between the wheel c and the frame-I llate, and at its outer enditself projects, or in the present instance is provided with alfingerpiecc h which projects, through a slot ctx in the edge of thecasein position to be accessible to and readily moved by the operator,said arm being shown as provided with a pivotally-mounted pawl 7d, heldby the spring 7b3 in engagement with the ratchet-teeth on the peripheryol the dollar-registering wheel c.

In the present instance the spring h3 is carried by a curved dust guardor closure hl, mounted on the ari'n i and completely closing at alltimes the slot (LX to exclude dust, the said guard moving back and forthwithin the case with each movement ot' the arm 7L.

A spring 71.5 (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2 tends to hold thedollar-actuator 7L normally in its position at the right, Fig. 2,movement otl the same by the operator from said position toward thelett, in the direction of the arrow, serving to move saidregistering-wheel any number oi teeth, limited only by the length of theslot ctx, each tooth through which said wheel is moved representing theregistration of one dollar, so that it is possible for the operator, byvarying the extent of movement ol' the actuator II, to register at oneoperation amounts ranging 'from one to tive or any other number ofdollars represented by the full movement of the actuator.

A spring-actuated click-pawl 7L, engaging the teeth o' theratchet-wheel, serves to indicate to the operator the number of teeththrough which the said wheel is moved by its actuator, and also toretain said wheel aga-inst retrograde movement.

To provide ready means for indicating to the operator at all times theamount registered or the distance that the operatingwheels are moved, Ihave provided the sleeves c and d of the dollar and cents registeringwheels, respectively7 with indicati 11g-hands nl and n, adapted to moveover or in relation to a suitable dial o, arranged beneath the glass fr.The hands m and ya are shown as and preterably are made ol dil'ferentlengths and adapted to rotate in connection with two distinct series otindicating-characters, such, t'or instance, as n1. and n, representingregistrations, respectively, oi' dollars and cents, the hand n heilig'herein shown as oili' greater length than the hand m to cooperate withthe series of characters fa, which :is arranged outside the series m',with which the hand 'in operates.

rlhe operation of the device will be clearly understood from theprevious detailed description of its construction, Vit being bricllystated as follows, viz: The operator wishing to register the amount elan expenditure which does not exceed one dollar, say, l'or instance,twenty-.five cents7 rota tes the actuator c?, as in winding awatch,until the cents-'ha nd n exhibits a movement along` its series nl. olindicatiiig-characters equivalent to or :representing twenty-tive centsin amount, or until the click-pawl t by successive clicks along theteeth of the cents-wheel indicates to the ear of the operator aregistration ol twentyi'ive teeth or twenty-tive cents. It' the operatorwishes to register an expenditure oi one or more dollars, the same isconveniently accomplished through the dollar-aetnatm it without changingthe aggregate number olf cents expended. lVhen, however, theregistration ol a number ol' cents less than one dollar carries thetotal number ol cents registered to an amount exceeding one dollar, thedollar-wheel and. its hand are automatically moved to record theexpenditure oi a dollar, the subsequent movement of the cents-handshowing' the number of cents registered in excess of that dollar.

For simplicity of construction the parts are arranged as shown, so thatthe dollars and cents hands and their wheels :rotate in oppositedirections, as indicated by the arrows, Fig. 2, but it is obvious thatsuch. modifications as would suggest themselves to any one skilled inthe art both hands and their wheels or either of them may be made torotate in the same direction, and it is obvious that the invention issusceptible oil other modifi cations within the spirit and scope ot' myinvention.

Ila-ving described. one embodiment otl my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, `is--- l. A pocket registercontaining cents and dollars registering wheels, with connecting deviceswhereby predetermined :rotation ol.' the cents-wheel causes automaticpredetermined ultimate rotation of the dollars-wheel and two accessiblemanual. actuators in constant operative relation. to and. tor operatingsaid cents and dollars wheels respectively, movement o'i` one of saidactuators causing rotation of 'said cents-wheel and thereby ot' saiddollars-wheel, movement oi' the other of IIO said actuators causingrotation of said dollarswheel independently of and without rotation ofsaid cents-wheel, whereby there are presented to the operator at alltimes operable means for independently registering cents or dollars,substantially as described.

2. A pocket register containing a plurality of registering-wheels withconnecting devices whereby predetermined rotation of one wheel causesautomatic predetermined rotation of another wheel and two accessiblemanual actuators in constant operative relation to and for operatingsaid irst and last named wheels respectively, movement of one of saidactuators causing rotation of said first-named wheel and thereby of saidlast-named Wheel, movement of the other of said actuators causingrotation of said last-named wheel independently of and without rotationof said first-named wheel, whereby there are presented to the operatorat all times, ready for operation, means for independently rotating saidiirst and last named registering-wheels, substantially as described.

3. The described pocket register, comprising an inclosing case, aplurality of registering-wheels arranged therein, a rotatable actuatorprotruding through the edge of said case and arranged to engage androtate one of said wheels, a swinging actuator also protruding throughthe edge of said oase and arranged to engage and move another of saidwheels, independently of said first-named wheel, said last-named wheelbeing however operated at the end of a predetermined rotation of saidIirst-named wheel, substantially as described.

4. The described pocket register comprising a case, a plurality ofregistering-wheels arranged side by side therein, a rotatableactuating-stem projecting from the edge of said case and arranged whenrotated about its own axis to rotate one of said wheels and anindependent actuator for another of said wheels said independentactuator also projecting to the edge of said case and made rotatableabout the axis of said last-mentioned Wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. GOODRIDGE.

Vitnesses:

FREDERICK L. EMERY, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

